Who Can Ya Trust? Lessons in Virtual Outsourcing and Pizza.

Perhaps the biggest obstacle to outsourcing is the trust factor. I know this because I myself have outsourced to a virtual assistant who gave me numerous reasons to distrust her. In the end I cut ties with that VA and replaced her with someone that didn’t leave...

Online Business Owners: Avoid These 5 VA Outsourcing Mistakes

For those considering outsourcing in their online business, the goal is to create a more profitable company while streamlining the owner’s work. Taking the time to avoid common outsourcing mistakes will make the process go much smoother and avoid the feeling...

What My Virtual Assistants Actually DO For Me (When No One is Looking)

I’m not sure why it hasn’t occurred to me before when scrambling for working on post ideas for this VA blog, but wouldn’t it be cool to get an inside look at what some of us biz peeps have our trusty Virtual Assistants actually do for us each day?...

Ten Questions You Should Ask Your Potential VA

So, you’re finally ready to take the plunge and hire a VA. You have peers that rave about how wonderful their VA is and you’ve gotten some referrals. If you’ve never worked with a VA before you may be wondering what to ask during that initial phone...

Hire a Virtual Assistant Private Investigator for Twitter Success

If you were around in the 80’s you might remember Tom Selleck in Magnum, PI, the cool, calm and collected private investigator who collected all the facts, uncovered the clues and solved the mysteries. Well I like to think of Virtual Assistants as the Magnum...

Public Service Announcement: Virtual Assistants Really Hate it When …

I’ve got a peeve with some of you prospective VA clients out there and I need to get it off my chest. Please forgive me in advance if I offend, because truly, it’s not my intention to do so. My only goal here is increased awareness of an issue that, in my...